Viktor Uhlig

Viktor Uhlig
Born	2 January 1857 Frýdek-Místek, Austria-Hungary
Died	4 June 1911(1911-06-04) (aged 54) Karlovy Vary, Austria-Hungary
Occupation	Geologist and paleontologist

Viktor Karl Uhlig (2 January 1857 – 4 June 1911) was an Austrian geologist and paleontologist.^[1]

Biography

He studied geology and mineralogy at the universities of Graz and Vienna, receiving his doctorate in 1879. Afterwards he worked as a research assistant under Melchior Neumayr in Vienna, and in 1891 was named an associate professor of geology and mineralogy at the German Polytechnic in Prague. Two years later he became a full professor, and in 1900 returned to Vienna as a professor of geology and paleontology. In 1907 he was a co-founder of the Geologischen Gesellschaft in Wien.^[2][3]

He is best remembered for his geological and tectonic investigations of the Carpathians and for his paleontological work involving ammonites of the Cretaceous period.^[2]

Published works

• Die Cephalopodenfauna der Wernsdorfer Schichten, 1883 – Cephalopod fauna of the Wernsdorf stratification.
• Ueber das Vorkommen und die Entstehung des Erdöls, 1884 – On the occurrence and origin of oil.
• Erdgeschichte, 1886-87 (2 volumes), main author: Melchior Neumayr – History of the Earth.
• Die Geologie des Tatragebirges, 1897 – The geology of the Tatra Mountains.
• Über die Cephalopodenfauna der Teschener und Grodischter Schichten, 1900 – On cephalopod fauna of the Teschen and Grodischt strata.
• Bau und Bild der Karpaten, 1903 – Construction and image of the Carpathians.
• Über die Tektonik der Karpaten, 1907 – On the tectonics of the Carpathians.
• "The Fauna of the Spiti Shales", in: Palaeontologia Indica, 1910.^[4]

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